From: Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel cmdline: root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 "fallback"?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:09:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45AE2E25.50309@wpkg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0701171435060.18562@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>> The device is pretty small and has no keyboard, video card etc., so if it ever
>> happens to break (can be a disk failure, but also operator who messed with
>> startup scripts), it has to be opened (warranty!).
>>
>> These all unpleasant tasks could be avoided if it was possible to have a
>> "fallback" device. For example, consider this hypothetical command line:
>>
>> root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1
>
> You should use initramfs to achieve that.
All right.
I see that initramfs is attached to the kernel itself.
So it leaves me only a question: will I fit all tools into 300 kB
(considering I'll use uClibc and busybox)?
--
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-17 14:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-17 12:58 kernel cmdline: root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 "fallback"? Tomasz Chmielewski
2007-01-17 13:37 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-01-17 14:09 ` Tomasz Chmielewski [this message]
2007-01-17 20:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-01-18 10:33 ` Tomasz Chmielewski
2007-01-18 10:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-01-18 11:48 ` Tomasz Chmielewski
2007-01-18 18:48 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-01-17 13:37 ` Alon Bar-Lev
2007-01-17 13:56 ` Tomasz Chmielewski
2007-01-17 14:06 ` Alon Bar-Lev
2007-01-17 14:12 ` Jan Engelhardt
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-01-18 10:50 Al Borchers
2007-01-18 14:21 ` Tomasz Chmielewski
2007-01-18 20:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-01-19 4:12 ` Al Borchers
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